Howard Gardner is a Harvard psychologist who developed the theory of multiple intelligences, which proposes that intelligence is made up of at least eight independent categories rather than a single general ability. The categories are linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist intelligences. The theory challenges traditional views of intelligence and implications by suggesting students have different cognitive strengths and the education system should support developing all types of intelligences.